Our opinion: The conviction of a former legislator costs him his job as a gambling industry lobbyist. Before approving more casino gambling, New York must set higher standards for the people employed in it. A thoughtful critique of our state government, in its triumphs as well as its shame, inevitably leads to comparisons with other states. […]
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Today’s editorial: Why won’t the Lottery Division come clean on a report it used in its review of a racino operator? __________________ What are the odds that the New York Lottery Division didn’t make a single mistake when in just a matter of months it helped pull together a multibillion-dollar deal that hadn’t gotten done […]
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From today’s editorials: Speaker Silver is the latest state leader to support a VLT contract. A deal that’s nine years late is closer than ever to actual approval, but it has to be done right. Why, it’s Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, giving his approval to the one interested bidder deemed qualified to operate video slot […]
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The state moves closer to awarding a contract to operate video slot machines. The governor and the leaders of the Legislature can’t afford to fumble this deal. It’s awkward, and then some, to laud a development that comes nearly a decade after it should have. But then this is state government we’re talking about. So […]
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